Recruitment: Part 1.

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Kal-El, Shayera Hol and Barry Allen had finished another practice exercise with simulation in situations of danger for the Justice League in the central A of the world. They were the last group to pass in all the tests. The tests were conducted every two weeks in groups of 3 per turn, and the applicants were more than anxious in case they were finally going to be soldiers, or better yet, the Power Rangers, the best soldiers in the headquarters. In addition, the three had the desire to stay in that power station, regardless of whether they became Power Rangers or if they were soldiers or employees in the power station, they only wanted to work for the Justice League.

"Well done cadets," said the instructor of the headquarters. To the sprinklers.

The three went to the showers to clean themselves. After leaving, the three met again at the source outside the plant. The three always argued about what it would be like and finally be a soldier or a Power Ranger in the Justice League. However, they already wanted this to be the expected day: to be officially soldiers or Power Rangers. The three of them had entered the training four years ago, and the maximum time it took was three years, they were delayed and they were 25 years old.

The Justice League was the main organization that controls international criminal activity throughout the world, so their income came from governments, who were grateful for their incredibly effective service. It had plants in each country, but it varied depending on whether the country was very large. As the United States of America was a large country with high crime statistics, it had three locations, A, B and C. Shayera, Kal and Barry were in headquarters A, because it was their home since they were small, but he had lived through different childhoods and teens, but they became best friends since they entered the training stage.

"Attention to all the cadets" the voice of the commander of the headquarters was heard on the loudspeaker "to the recruiting room."

"Run!" The three shouted in unison.

The recruiting room was the largest one in the entire center, and it was the first room where the three friends had entered on their first day. When all the cadets were seated, the commander's voice rang again.

"Cadets, the recruitment process has arrived, so a representative of another central will enter and choose one team at a time. The leftovers will remain in training or will have work in this plant. No more to say, Good luck cadets."

And so he began, a representative or envoy from another central came into the room and looked for the team that had been commissioned to bring. One after another, and time seemed to slow down for Clark, Shayera and Barry. When the process was over, only half remained. The three felt dejected again, another year frustrated, or maybe not if they were promoted to low-ranking soldiers.

At that moment, a man, or alien (because of his green skin) entered the room. The three did not have much enthusiasm ... until he approached them. The three looked up.

"Kal-El, Shayera Hol, Barry Allen?" The alien asked. The three nodded. I'm "J'onn J'onnz, from the Zone C, congratulations, follow me"

The three could not believe it, they were selected as soldiers or Power Rangers, but they were saddened by the news, because they went to Central C, which had the headquarters located in Gotham, and had the highest crime rate. . For its previous years, it was known that the central C always recruited more men every 2 months, which meant nothing good.

"Now," said the Martian.

The three followed him. They knew that Planet Earth was where several aliens lived, until most of the Power Rangers were aliens or they looked like them. Both Kal and Shayera were aliens but similar to humans, but they liked that, because it would give them their biggest chance to work for the Justice League.

Is it a Power Ranger? Kal thought.

"Let's go to the plane, in the landing bay," said the Martian.

On the plane, the four were silent the entire trip. All three could only think about how their lives would be ruined by being members of the Gotham City headquarters. It was not until the landing on the runway of the plant, when everyone left and saw the central Gotham City. The plant was larger than the central A, and that surprised everyone, and managed to eliminate a bit of the bad taste in the mouth that showed area C, with its streets full of dirt or lazy. Not all Gothic was dirt, it was the majority of the city that had good buildings, but Kal saw with his super vision (during the flight) that there was more trash and that the buildings were half painted by street artists disinterested in respect to the mischief.

When they entered, they saw something they had never seen before, all the soldiers and employees were attentive, everything. Obviously, the largest base in the country required activity at all times, and especially surveillance. The three recruits were led into a waiting room, where the Martian gestured for them to be seated. The three recruits obeyed and sat down.

"Wait here, the commander will see you in a little while," said the Martian. "Entertain yourself".

J'onn left the room and the three were complaining for 10 full minutes of why they had selected the base located in the most dangerous section of the country. After that time, a soldier from the headquarters came in with a dark-skinned man (he was human) and did the same to him - the gesture and sitting down.

"I'm John Stewart," said the man with the colored skin, "and are you?

"Kal."

"Shayera."

"Barry."

The three greeted each other by the hand and discussed what it felt like to be recruited by the Gothic center, for at least 2 minutes, when another soldier from the center arrived escorting an incredibly beautiful woman: slim, muscular but still female body , or at least what his gray uniform showed a little fitted; delicate hands, red lips, blue eyes, pointed nose and a great mane of black hair, and it can be said that her skin was a little tanned. Barry and Kal's eyes widened at the sight of her. Barry, being very quick, rushed forward and held out his hand. The woman answered politely.

"Barry Allen," Barry said. And you are?

"Diana Prince" said the woman. "A pleasure."

"Where are you from?

"Themiscyra"

"The isolated country?" John asked

Diana nodded.

"Well," Kal said, "welcome to the worst power station in the world. I'm Kal" they shook hands.

"Well, Kal," Diana said, "I do not think you should insult this place, or repeat that. Yes, I heard that this place is the most dangerous, but I'm happy to be able to change the situation. Moreover, do not repeat that, or you may regret it."

Kal just watched as Diana greeted and introduced herself to the others. Maybe it's true, Kal thought. The funny thing is that they were all talking to Diana and each other for at least a full hour - they were already shouting - until the so-called J'onn J'onnz returned.

"Come with me," J'onn said. The commander is waiting for you.

The five followed him for a long walk, and an elevator ride to the penultimate floor. They entered a room that seemed important. The five recruits saw the room empty, but well furnished with the same technology as the other centrals and had a table in the center. They had never been in a place like that before.

"Here are the recruits, commander," J'onn said. The five put themselves in resting position (hands back and legs separated).

At that moment, a figure, or rather a man, got up from his chair that was near a large monitor. The man walked towards the light and the five recruits saw his face, and were more surprised than when they saw the central, was a young man with tanned skin, square chin, blue eyes, muscular body, shaved beard and short hair like a soldier, and it looked like he was 25 years old. The man wore a black uniform that covered him from the neck to the feet with his black boots to run, with a bat on the right side of his chest where the letters "WAYNE" were written. The man examined the five cadets looking at them closely with a small walk of 15 seconds.

"My name is Bruce Wayne," the man said as he took a walk in front of them. The recruits found it unsettling "if you want to investigate me later. Now, I recruited them to be part of the Base of the zone C, and yes, I know you all say that this is the worst place in the world. You know what? What does it matter? I do not know about you, but I did not study to become a commander of this base to hear complaints over and over again. You got into this when you enlisted in recruiting years ago. And now, I also inform you that I do not care who your father is or if you have powerful friends, those who do not do their job here leave to not return. Those who do not want to be here, take a step forward and I will ask for your expulsion from the Justice League, immediately."

All did not respond. His other instructors had been very kind to them, but this commander seemed more rigid and more sure about what he was saying. Four recruits were shaken by the abruptness of the commander, it must be said that it gave them a little fear or distrust.

Only Diana was not uneasy; instead, he was studying his new commander, who must have been very young but intelligent for this, or so she thought. Diana knew that her potential companions did not want to be here, but she wanted to prove something, and she was happy to be here, and without mentioning that she thought someone very interesting her possible new commander.

"Good," Wayne said. He approached Barry, who was on the far right of the group. "Tell me your name and special ability.

"Barry Allen, sir, I'm faster than all of them," Barry said, with a look of fear, I can think and do everything fast sir. "You'll find me interesting, "he said before shutting himself, lowering his head.

Major Wayne did the same with the other four.

"Shayera Hol, martial arts and disabled or electrified metal break."

"John Stewart. I create imaginary objects with my mind-he even demonstrated that with a green notebook."

"Kal-El. Strength, speed, scan, laser and jump great distances. No offense."

"Diana Prince. Force, jump great distances and specialized in the deduction" said without flinching and looking at the commander firmly in the eyes.

"Are you brothers? The commander asked.

Kal and Diana looked at each other, and from that moment they knew that they were destined to be very good friends, but not to overdo it. They felt relaxed being close, but not too much, they felt they needed to meet more people. Their looks revealed all that.

"No, sir," they answered in unison.

After an entire minute of silence, Major Wayne spoke:

"You know J'onn J'onnz" said Commander Wayne. "He's our star scientist, he will be your technical support, but I will be your boss and mentor, so you must turn to me when something is unknown to you or be a matter of great urgency. They will also make incursions into other obligations as official members of the Justice League, but for today, seeing that it is seven thirty at night, we Will continue tomorrow. J'onn, show to the new cadets the base." Ordered the commander.

With that last, Major Wayne turned around and went back to sit in his chair. J'onn left the conference room followed by the five cadets.

The tour was the most tedious for Kal, John and Shayera, because they already wanted action or a private time to relax. Barry and Diana were excited and impressed by the hygiene and the great organization that was in the plant.

He must be a very organized man, how different from others, Diana thought.

Barry was more interested in making Diana believe he was someone interesting, so that she would notice him, but he could not see that she was more interested in exploring than in meeting people. She had been raised differently, but she would say it differently. What they liked the most - Barry and Diana - were the simulated training room and the entrances with fountains.

Then they came to the dining room, where Barry, Kal and Shayera ate like crazy, because they had not eaten anything; John and Diana proved to be more sophisticated. In the end, they arrived at their new lodgings, each one with formal gray decoration, luckily J'onn said that they could decorate their accommodation with time, which pleased the 5. It is necessary to say that they were separated two meters one from the other. They were on the same floor - the 10th - in a single hallway. It was comfortable for the five because they had to be in small lodgings that they shared with other cadets while still training.

Kal was walking through his apartment wondering if he was going to be useful here. If he were not useful, he would resign and get a job as a waiter in Metropolis, all to be useful. It was going to be a difficult night because of the excitement of whether or not he was going to be.

Barry sang with whispers to cheer up. He had high expectations for being a Power Ranger, but he wished he did not have to interact with Commander Wayne, which caused him much fear and insecurity. He would sleep that night very quietly.

John was doing push-ups, because he wanted to be active or prepared for emergencies. Maybe they did not know, but he was the oldest of all of them, but he was not willing to say anything, although he was sure that Major Wayne knew it before recruiting him for this area, a very dangerous one, but he felt more than prepared to face whatever it was, even here.

Shayera kept thinking about how she had to make friends with Diana, not because she was only her potential teammate, it was because she wanted to have a friend. Yes, it was golden to be with Barry and Kal, but she wanted to have a female friend with whom to talk about his life, because she did not like how they reacted when she told them a secret. She would be willing to be with Diana all day tomorrow just for her to become his friend.

Diana was lying down, trying to sort out the plans she had running through her mind. I was nervous if she was going to prove her point and be a Power Ranger, as well as what color she was going to have. He did not care about leading, but he did care about being someone of high level. She also thought about making friends with the other four, because she prefers harmony in all the teams. In the end, she thought about how young his possible new boss and commander was; Wayne had intrigued her, but she would know him, just like her new teammates soon.

With those thoughts, the five cadets slept, but with all those thoughts in their heads. They could not stand to be just additional soldiers.

NOTE: Bruce Wayne seemed better as a mentor or supervisor of the Rangers, so to put him as a cadet does not suit him very well, because he is the only one in the league who is most attentive by literally everything. Also, as I said before, Wonderbat will happen and I thought that Bruce as commander and Diana as ranger would make it more interesting than a simple romance between rangers; however, it will take a while to see their first kiss, so do not despair.

As it is a series, the characters will develop over time, so be patient, everyone has something to give. Equal with time other secondary or occasional characters will be known. Be patient.

Next: Recruitment, part 2.